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Media Outlets Promote Climate Change Echo Chamber By Aly Nielsen Liberal nonprofits reflect the biases of their donors. So when supposedly unbiased media outlets build relationships with those nonprofits, they blur the lines between activism and reporting. The “journalistic collaboration” Climate Desk is a perfect example. It acts like a liberal echo chamber of climate alarmism, with multiple outlets running the exact same story to increase its reach. For-profit media outlets including The Atlantic, The Guardian and Newsweek, partnered with...

Schmidt Family Foundation Tied To Former Clinton Foundation CEO By Aly Nielsen The Schmidt Family Foundation and the Clinton Foundation have something in common. Well, someone, actually. Eric Braverman. Braverman became President of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Group in January 2017, to “oversee all philanthropic and non-investment efforts for the Schmidts,” the Schmidt Family Foundation reported. Braverman previously was CEO of the Clinton Foundation from 2013 to 2015. In his new role, Braverman directs the Schmidt Family Foundation and...

CJR Finds Scientific Opposition to Linking Hurricanes and Global Warming By Aly Nielsen A surprising report from the George Soros-funded Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) revealed several scientists oppose the way the media have tried to blame hurricanes on man-made climate change. CJR used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to acquire emails “sent from or received by six hurricane researchers or forecasters” which included the terms “global warming” or “climate change.” The May 2, article written by Rob Verger indicate...

Fusion, Grist Bemoan ‘Climate Grief’ By Aly Nielsen Mental health is the latest victim of climate change, according to lefty climate writers. “Depressed about climate change? There’s a 9-step program for that,” Fusion writer Caroline Preston wrote on April 4. Grist, which partners with Fusion for the “Climate Desk” program, re-ran the story four days later. The article focused on recently formed “Good Grief” groups where individuals can open up about their climate change induced anxiety, sadness and...

Climate Journalism Groups Panic Over EPA Rollback By Aly Nielsen Temperatures rose at climate journalism non-profits when President Donald Trump issued an executive order rolling back many of the Obama-era climate regulations. The executive order requires the EPA to “review Obama’s Clean Power Plan, rescind the moratorium on coal mining on US federal lands,” and review the impact existing regulations have on jobs, according to CNN. Grist, Democracy Now!, DeSmog Blog and InsideClimate all proved their liberal bias and activist...

InsideClimate,Grist and DeSmog Smear Trump Appointees as Climate ‘Deniers’ By Aly Nielsen Liberal climate blogs have insulted climate change skeptics with a term reminiscent of Holocaust deniers almost every other day — just since Donald Trump’s election. InsideClimate News, DeSmogBlog and Grist smeared people skeptical of claims about man-made climate change labeling them “deniers” on Twitter at least 69 times combined between Nov. 8, 2016, and March 27, 2017. “In Trump, U.S. puts a climate denier in its highest...

Climate Groups Don’t Disclose Shared Donors in Lawsuit Coverage By Aly Nielsen InsideClimate News is thrilled that children are suing the government over climate change. But in its reporting on the updated lawsuit, InsideClimate omitted the fact that it got money from the same donor as those suing. “Attorneys representing 21 children who are suing the federal government over its responsibility to slow climate change are seeking answers from the oil and gas industry,” InsideClimate reported on March 1. Part...

Grist Blames ‘Ridiculous’ Climate Change for Oroville Dam By Julia A. Seymour Climate alarmists always want to have it both ways on weather: blaming drought, floods, storms, and more on manmade global warming. They also often exploit the news of a disaster, which is precisely what the left-wing environmental journalism site Grist did on Feb. 16, when it reacted to the flooding in Northern California and a near dam failure in Oroville. “The dam truth: Climate change means more Lake...

Grist Responds to SCOTUS Nominee By Bashing His Mom Julia A. Seymour President Donald Trump announced his pick for the empty Supreme Court seat would be federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch is a “solidly conservative judge” and a strict interpreter of the Constitution, according to NPR. In 2006 he was easily confirmed to the federal appeals court and the American Bar Association rated him as “unanimously well qualified,” NPR noted. But his “sterling legal pedigree” didn’t keep Grist.org...

Grist: ‘Irreverent’ Outlet Celebrated by Foundations, Media By Aly Nielsen Grist Magazine is the brainchild of Chip Giller, who “had been an environmentalist since he was a child,” Poynter reported. Giller founded Grist in 1999, while he was a reporter for the environmental magazine, High Country News. He wanted to “lighten up” the environmental movement. Grist grew from an email list of 100 subscribers to a web-based organization with an annual operating budget of more than $3.8 million and 30...

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